“There ain’t no such beast as “one-use” software. Once it is developed, it won’t be undeveloped. That’s like demanding a recipe be formulated to bake one cake. This isn’t about making the cake, it’s about being forced to create the recipe, because if that is done, everyone will want cake. The government is big on forcing people to bake cake.”
Well, this is exactly how stupid your argument is. The govt. DOES NOT WANT THE PHONE OR THE CODE. They want the information on the phone. They don’t care how Apple gets it. Until Cook admitted it already existed, the court offed to pay for it! (also covered in the order I provided you). So, following your twisted logic, because either you refuse to read the order or just want to wring your hands and whine like a girl, the threat of letting the key loose to roam the world would and could only be the threat of APPLE DOING IT!!
It’s bullshit. Apple knows it and most adults above 12 know it. Cook says it already exists. The feds (if you STILL haven’t read the order) don’t want the phone back, don’t want the “master key” or anything of the sort. Since this is the fifth time you’ve insisted that poor poor Apple is under assault because of the massive problem with the “magic Key” I suggest you read the information that is out there. Goodnight, sweetheart. Sweet dreams.
The govt had the data just sitting on the phone just waiting to be copied onto the Cloud where it could be more easily processed. Apple voluntarily wanted to copy the data to the Cloud but was sabotaged by the govt tampering with the evidence (phone) and bricking the ability to copy to the Cloud.
Why isn’t the govt employee who tampered with the evidence being publicly fired and prosecuted. Malice or incompetence on the employees part?
This case need not have escalated if good evidence handling had been done but maybe they needed an emotional case to tie the privacy intrusion to.
The Byzantine logical arguments from both sides are quite entertaing - please continue.
Wrong. The order has all sorts of specifics about exactly what security protections (erase after too many wrong PIN guesses, delay between PIN guesses, PIN entry only manually via touchpad) the government is demanding that Apple remove.